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Old 07-13-2016, 09:46 AM
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We could pay for a police force out of speeding tickets!

I have just returned from business on 441 and came back into TV through El Camino Real. I have what the family liked to refer to as a "lead foot" when I drive, I was overtaken by almost every car driving the left lane. Most of the traffic was doing close to 50mph, if not more.

If the local police stationed unmarked cars at strategic places through that piece of road, and maybe include BV to 466, we could pay for our police force.

We complain about snowbirds and their driving, but we are becoming just as bad.
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Old 07-13-2016, 09:51 AM
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In The Villages I would worry more about drunk driving and age related impaired driving than someone who just drives fast.
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We could pay for a police force out of speeding tickets!

I have just returned from business on 441 and came back into TV through El Camino Real. I have what the family liked to refer to as a "lead foot" when I drive, I was overtaken by almost every car driving the left lane. Most of the traffic was doing close to 50mph, if not more.

If the local police stationed unmarked cars at strategic places through that piece of road, and maybe include BV to 466, we could pay for our police force.

We complain about snowbirds and their driving, but we are becoming just as bad.
And how fast were you driving???
Actually, 45-50 mph sounds like a reasonable speed for a four lane divided roadway with no pedestrian traffic and only a couple of intersections like Camino Real.
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And I agree with Outlaw... 100%..... 35 mph is too slow.... BUT... that is the speed limit and the law.. and not obeying it will cost you, big time !!!! And, understanding human nature, if we could talk them into changing it to 45 or 50..... then those that are speeding now, will be going 60-70 mph.....
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And I agree with Outlaw... 100%..... 35 mph is too slow.... BUT... that is the speed limit and the law.. and not obeying it will cost you, big time !!!! And, understanding human nature, if we could talk them into changing it to 45 or 50..... then those that are speeding now, will be going 60-70 mph.....
Not to mention the Street Legal cart crowd kicking and screaming.
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Not to mention the Street Legal cart crowd kicking and screaming.
OK, I'll get some blow back for this, but.....
I find the concept of street legal arts to be idiotic. What do you gain? The legal ability to drive your cart at 25 instead of 20? And to do so you have to get out in the same lanes of traffic with vehicles 10x your weight going 35+. Ever observe the attitudes of some (not all) of these LSV drivers? It appears that they are out there with their "right" to use the same lanes you do and shoving it down your throat. It's kind of a passive-aggressive giant middle finger. Can and do some LSVs go over 25 just as regular carts go over 20---I'm sure they do, but I can only assume if they get in an accident the insurer will check to see if over 25 is possible and deny coverage, just as they do with other carts. If you want to go faster, take your car.
Personally I think 35 is fast enough on the major roads, but sometimes it's easy to drift up over 40 if your not watching the speedometer because the conditions are more than favorable. If the speed limit is set for safety issues, fine. But if it is set at 35 to accommodate the handful of LSVs out there, it's a joke.
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I agree. I would speculate that the chances of the speed limit being changed is extremely remote. The roads are a shared resource and it is our responsibility to obey the law and share the resource with others in a safe manner. I would personally like to see more speed traps as the threat of a ticket is usually the only thing that slows people down.

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And I agree with Outlaw... 100%..... 35 mph is too slow.... BUT... that is the speed limit and the law.. and not obeying it will cost you, big time !!!! And, understanding human nature, if we could talk them into changing it to 45 or 50..... then those that are speeding now, will be going 60-70 mph.....
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OK, I'll get some blow back for this, but.....
I find the concept of street legal arts to be idiotic. What do you gain? The legal ability to drive your cart at 25 instead of 20? And to do so you have to get out in the same lanes of traffic with vehicles 10x your weight going 35+. Ever observe the attitudes of some (not all) of these LSV drivers? It appears that they are out there with their "right" to use the same lanes you do and shoving it down your throat. It's kind of a passive-aggressive giant middle finger. Can and do some LSVs go over 25 just as regular carts go over 20---I'm sure they do, but I can only assume if they get in an accident the insurer will check to see if over 25 is possible and deny coverage, just as they do with other carts. If you want to go faster, take your car.
Personally I think 35 is fast enough on the major roads, but sometimes it's easy to drift up over 40 if your not watching the speedometer because the conditions are more than favorable. If the speed limit is set for safety issues, fine. But if it is set at 35 to accommodate the handful of LSVs out there, it's a joke.
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I absolutely agree. I've never seen the sense in them either, but to each their own.
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I wouldn't call them speed traps but LEO are usually stationed where one has difficulty seeing them and they use a radar gun.

Doing 50 MPH will automatically get you a ticket that normally costs $256.00. LEO as a courtesy usually knocks it down to 38 MPH costing one $138. I'm not sure what happens, if one is doing more than 50 MPH.

One could go to a school and the points will not show up on one's license. School is about $40. Every 12 months, one could go to school but if less than 12 months, expect an insurance increase.

What's the hurry anyway?
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Where do you need to go so fast? We are retired.
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Where do you need to go so fast? We are retired.
what does being retired have to do with being in a hurry??
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I wouldn't call them speed traps but LEO are usually stationed where one has difficulty seeing them and they use a radar gun.

Doing 50 MPH will automatically get you a ticket that normally costs $256.00. LEO as a courtesy usually knocks it down to 38 MPH costing one $138. I'm not sure what happens, if one is doing more than 50 MPH.

One could go to a school and the points will not show up on one's license. School is about $40. Every 12 months, one could go to school but if less than 12 months, expect an insurance increase.

What's the hurry anyway?
If you had a commercial license in previous job and still drive on it you cannot eliminate points by going to school. Just my experience talkingbto dmv.
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Where do you need to go so fast? We are retired.
Do you really believe that only retirees are using the Villages roadways?
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...I have just returned from business on 441 and came back into TV through El Camino Real. I have what the family liked to refer to as a "lead foot" when I drive, I was overtaken by almost every car driving the left lane. Most of the traffic was doing close to 50mph, if not more...
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Where do you need to go so fast? We are retired
So in other words, since you're retired everyone else should drive like they're retired, or adjust their life to suit you. I've been driving since 1966 without an accident, with one caveat, so whatever I've been doing must work. I can tell you, I don't drive slow, but I know how to handle a vehicle.

I've lived around retired people all my life. I grew up in St. Petersburg, the town Johnny Carson once called 'the city of the walking dead'. In 1975 I drove only a motorcycle for an entire year, to work, to play, at night, in the rain, in love bugs. Retired people tried to run me off the road every chance they could. I've become a defensive driver from my years in Pinellas County, but yet, I can move through traffic with no problems.

An accident can happen at any speed, and especially when not expecting it. My caveat was two months ago when I was waiting to exit the Marathon station on 466A and after 50 years of no accidents a guy rear ends my car. He explains he has MS disease and his leg is stiff and he was sorry, but missed the brake pedal. Fortunately he had good insurance, my repairs were $2400 plus a 2 week car rental.



Where do you need to go so fast? We are retired. So this is how we should be.

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This is what scares me the most. The two hands locked on the wheel, head straight ahead driver.

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Old 07-13-2016, 03:36 PM
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We could pay for a police force out of speeding tickets!

I have just returned from business on 441 and came back into TV through El Camino Real. I have what the family liked to refer to as a "lead foot" when I drive, I was overtaken by almost every car driving the left lane. Most of the traffic was doing close to 50mph, if not more.

If the local police stationed unmarked cars at strategic places through that piece of road, and maybe include BV to 466, we could pay for our police force.

We complain about snowbirds and their driving, but we are becoming just as bad.
The Sumter County Sheriff Dept will set up speed traps in this area two or three times per month. They usually do a "land office business" when they do! I think they have cut back a bit since the new grass was planted along El Camino.
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